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Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed using the 2000 to 2020 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registry, a U.S. population-based cancer registry database. Patients with histologically confirmed chordoma of the vertebral column or the sacrum\/pelvis were identified using ICD-O-3 codes. The study population was divided into gender-based cohorts: male and female. The patient demographics, tumor characteristics, treatment variables, and mortality were assessed. Results: A total of 791 patients were identified and stratified by gender: 485 (61.3%) male and 306 (38.7%) female. The mean tumor size was similar between the cohorts (p = 0.377), as was the tumor location, with most arising from the pelvic bones\/sacrum\/coccyx (p = 0.953). While the treatment characteristics did not significantly vary, among patients who received both radiotherapy and surgery, neo-adjuvant radiotherapy was utilized at higher frequencies in the male patients (p = 0.011). For vertebral column chordomas, the median (p = 0.230) and five-year survival (p = 0.220) was similar between cohorts, and gender was not a predictor of survival (p = 0.239). Similarly, for pelvic chordomas, the median (p = 0.820) and five-year survival (p = 0.820) was similar between cohorts, and gender was not associated with survival (p = 0.816). Conclusions: Our study suggests that gender may influence treatment utilization but not mortality in patients with chordomas of the spine and sacrum.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14051737","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,4]],"date-time":"2025-03-04T13:31:31Z","timestamp":1741095091000},"page":"1737","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Association of Gender in the Management and Prognosis of Vertebral and Sacral Chordoma: A SEER Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Aladine A.","family":"Elsamadicy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sumaiya","family":"Sayeed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Josiah J. 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